Mounting and Removal Instructions for

Shrink Disc Type HSD

Before Mounting Conical surfaces After Mounting
and bolts are
lubricated

grease free

Mounting
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The STÜWE shrink discs type HSD are supplied ready
to be mounted. Therefore they should not be dismantled
prior to employing the unit for the first time.
1. Degrease shaft and hub bore.
The outer surface of the hub may be greased.
2. Slide shrink disc onto hub.
Dismounting
This is similar to mounting.
1. Loosen all tightening bolts, initially not more than a
quarter turn per bolt, one after one.
Under no circumstances should the locking
bolts be completely removed as this could be
dangerous and result in injury.

Do not tighten the tightening bolts before the

2. Should the outer ring, when loosening the bolts, not
shaft is mounted.
slide automatically from the inner ring, this can be
assisted by removing those locking bolts adjacent
3. Fit the shaft or slide the hub onto the shaft.
to the tapped bores provided for jacking purposes
4. Tighten four bolts distributed evenly over the and screwing them into these. The jacking procedure
circumference by reduced torque (approx. 50 to 70% must be continued until a complete release of the
of maximum tightening torque). outer ring is achieved.
5. Afterwards tighten all tightening bolts uniformly, one 3. Dismount shaft or draw off hub. Remove rust which
by one, over several revolutions until the outer ring may have formed on the shaft in front of the hub.
and inner ring are flush.
4. Remove shrink disc from hub.
This indicates that the full transmissible torque is
achieved. Cleaning and lubrication
6. Check each tightening bolt twice for the required Dismounted shrink discs do not have to be dismantled
tightening torque. and re-lubricated before remounting.
The shrink disc has to be cleaned and re-lubricated only
Examples: if employed in dirty environment.
Lubricant Source Use a solid containing lubricant with a high content
of MoS2 and a coefficient of friction of μ = 0,04 to
Molykote D 321 R (bonded coating) Dow Corning
lubricate the conical surfaces. Usually a combination of
Aema-Sol MO 84-K (bonded coating) A.C. Matthes bonded coating and paste is chosen.

Molykote G Rapid + (paste) Dow Corning

Aema-Sol M 19 P (paste) A.C. Matthes

The bolts have to be renewed if possible.

The bolts are lubricated with commercially availabe bolt
lubricants (μ = 0,1)

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